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Chapter 648: Chapter 279: Glib Tongue
Standing at the hotel room door, Pei Shuyu took several deep breaths.
She raised her hand, hesitated in front of the door, clenched it, lowered it, and then lifted it again...
She was really numb.
In fact, the door wasn’t closed at all; it was slightly ajar, with bright light shining through the gap, accompanied by the faint sound of music.
Pei Shuyu listened carefully; it was a very old, unnamed Cantonese song.
"The moon is bright yet dawn is bound to break, parting is as the moon, like what my heart contemplates..."
She suddenly found a bit of comfort.
Could Turbid Dog... possibly really be a middle-aged uncle?
Su Huai, he wouldn’t like some old Hong Kong or Taiwanese songs, would he?
It was just this slight possibility that gave her the last bit of courage needed to knock on the door and then push it open.
"I’m Yuyu, Turbid Dog... Big Big..."
The suite had an entryway and a hallway; she couldn’t see anyone immediately upon entering.
She only heard a greeting: "Come in, I’m enjoying the night view."
Phew...
A clouded breath suddenly escaped Pei Shuyu, and her spirits lifted instantly—it was Dad’s voice, not Su Huai’s!
During voice chats, he could use a voice changer to alter his voice, but now, offline, that mature and mellow voice couldn’t be faked!
"Alright."
Pei Shuyu closed the door behind her and walked towards the living room.
Her steps were a bit lighter, her heart brimming with anticipation.
Dad must really be a middle-aged man!
Such a pleasing voice, surely his demeanor must be very good, too?
However, just as a smile began to form, not yet fully blooming, she finally saw the boy sitting by the window.
Her expression instantly froze.
"You..."
Her eyes wide, she stopped in her tracks, standing there dumbfounded, at a loss for words.
Gou Huai sat on the sofa with his leg crossed, a lazy and mischievous smile playing on his lips as he raised an eyebrow at her: "Good Yuyu, you’re quite fickle. Look, you don’t even want to call me godfather now?"
The intense anger freed Pei Shuyu from her shock, and she hurled her purse at him.
"Su Huai!"
This roar hadn’t been part of her plan; she had lost her composure.
In fact, she had been prepared to face Su Huai before heading to the meeting.
But upon entering and hearing Dog Daddy’s voice, she had harbored strong hopes and various fantasies.
Now, the sudden hope had abruptly shattered, dealing her a cruel blow.
"Having fun, huh?! Ah?!!!"
What was particularly strange was that, when the true situation had finally been revealed and she faced the worst scenario, she somehow felt relieved of the heavy pressure that had weighed on her heart all along.
Facing Dog Daddy made her very nervous, but facing Su Huai did not.
So she burst out.
And Su Huai, at whom the yelling was directed, revealed a hint of amusement in his eyes.
With just one sentence, he suppressed Pei Shuyu’s raging momentum.
"So, you think I spent hundreds of millions of RMB just for fun? To have you call me ’Daddy’ to my face?"
"!!!"
Pei Shuyu was taken aback, watching Su Huai’s corners of his mouth lift into a slightly scornful expression, and she instantly cooled down.
Right, this line of reasoning didn’t make sense.
No matter how rich and capricious someone was, they wouldn’t play like this; it wasn’t the thinking of a normal person, much less that of a smart one.
And Su Huai was exceedingly smart.
Silent for a long while, she slowly approached, bent down to pick up her purse, then dragged a fabric sofa to his side and sat directly opposite him.
"Alright, I’m here, what do you want to talk about? We can start now."
Su Huai didn’t look at her but instead tilted his head slightly, gazing into the void.
Pei Shuyu found it hard to understand his actions, her mind pounding—even now, without the immense pressure, she was more on her guard.
Wary of Su Huai.
Because in the short time they’d worked together, she had become acutely aware of just how skilled the young man in front of her was at plotting and planning.
So, every move Su Huai made caused her to see shadows everywhere, constantly second-guessing.
"What are you looking at?"
She couldn’t help asking.
Su Huai finally turned his head, smiling as he replied: "I’m looking at our Favorability Rating and trust levels."
"Tch!"
Pei Shuyu pursed her lips dissatisfiedly, retorting coldly, "Are you coaxing a child? If I were so easily persuaded, I wouldn’t be worthy of being Xingyu’s top sister!"
"It’s normal for you not to believe, but I genuinely think you should try to believe in some wonderful things."
Su Huai spread his hands open, putting the pretentious props back on the table.
It was a wine glass, and by the looks of it, there had only been a single sip taken from the glass.
Pei Shuyu glanced at the wine bottle, mentally resolved: Can’t drink! Not a single sip! No matter how he tries to persuade me, I must stay on guard!
"Fine!"
Pei Shuyu slightly raised her chin, displaying a defiant attitude: "Then tell me, what are our Favorability Rating and trust levels, respectively?"
Su Huai looked carelessly towards the window: "What if you guess correctly?"
Pei Shuyu’s tenacious and unyielding nature prompted her to confront him head-on: "Whatever you want! Come on!"
"Heh."
Su Huai chuckled softly, raising a finger.
"Previously, your Favorability Rating towards me was 0, complete neutrality and chaos.
Because you admired me, but your heart was already filled with someone else, yet you also felt I was hiding something significant from you.
So your emotions swayed back and forth, attraction and revulsion canceling each other out.
Now, you have a love-hate relationship with me; you hate me as a person, but still carry the gratitude and affection from Turbid Dog Number Three. I’ll tentatively score it at 50 points..."
Damn!
Pei Shuyu straightened up abruptly, her eyes bulging out like saucers, her expression resembling someone who had just seen a ghost.
She had never established a scoring system related to Favorability Rating, but, just hearing Su Huai’s analysis, she felt it was extremely accurate and fitting to her own state of mind.
